Our I-800a has been approved!!!!!!!!

We got our I-800a approval notice in the mail today!!! This means that the US has approved us to adopt. This is an incredible mountain conquered in our adoption process and I feel like a burden has been lifted. All of our paperwork will be sent from Holt to India early next week and then we, yep, you may have guessed it, wait some more. It will take 6-9 months (give or take a month or so - this process is quite unpredictable) for our case to go through the courts in Bangalore.

We have also had truly amazing financial provision and are able to pay Holt's India Program Fee. This had to be paid before Holt could send our documents to India. God is always on time! We continue to raise funds, save and pray hard for the next steps of the process.

I, Melissa, dropped my brother Kevin, his wife Julie, and another couple, Steve and JoAnn Ulery, off at the airport today as they embark on a missions trip to Tanzania, Africa. I am so excited for what God is doing in each of their lives. Pray for them the next two weeks.